Luis Viera and Jorge Santeiro are attorneys from the Tampa Bay, Florida area. Jorge’s son has autism. In an effort to help those with autism they created a foundation this year called the Lawyers Autism Awareness Foundation. Luis Viera and Jorge Santeiro are Autism Lights because of their labor of love to create this foundation and help bring light to the lives of children and families struggling with autism.
Luis Viera serves as an attorney at Ogden, Sullivan & O'Connor, PA. Jorge Santeiro serves as an attorney at Kubicki Drapper, PA. His biography at their firm is at this link. Luis Viera and Jorge Santeiro founded the Lawyers Autism Awareness Foundation in February, 2011.
One of the key events of the Lawyers Autism Awareness Foundation has been a Sensory Friendly Santa event that was held on December 17, 2011. Here is a news story done prior to the Sensory Friendly Santa event that the Lawyers Autism Awareness Foundation put together. Luis Viera and Jorge Santeiro are both interviewed for this news story.
For more information on the Lawyers Autism Awareness Foundation visit their website at www.thelaaf.org.
2nd Annual Sensory Santa Event: The 2nd Sensory Santa event willl be held on December 8, 2012 at the Chester H. Ferguson Law Center, 1610 North Tampa Street in Tampa Bay, Florida. For more information on the event please visit their website.
Autism Light honors diverse heroes to the world of autism.
Photos: Photos in this post were used with the permission of the Lawyers Autism Awareness Foundation.
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